Today's Event – 21st August 2021

• 1770 – James Cook formally claimed eastern Australia under Great Britain, renaming it New South Wales.

• 1791 –Haitian Revolution began after a Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turned into a violent slave rebellion

• 1888 – First successful adding machine in the US-patented by William Seward Burroughs.

• 1911 – Mona Lisa was stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, 

• 1944 – Dumbarton Oaks Conference, which formed as the United Nations, began.

• 1968 – James Anderson Jr. received the first Medal of Honour posthumously, to be conferred to an African American U.S. Marine.

• 1991 – Latvia declared independence renewal after being occupied by the USSR since 1940

• 1993 – NASA lost contact with Mars Observer spacecraft.

• 2000 – Tiger Woods, an American professional golfer won the 82nd PGA Championship becoming the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to have won three majors in a calendar year.

National Events- 

•  PM Modi extends his condolences to the passing away of former UP CM Kalyan Singh

•  Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar accuses Congress of a publicity stunt in the name of unity against the BJP government

•  According to the Indian government, 58 crore vaccines have been administered

• 34k covid cases and 540 deaths reported in India  

• India to operate 2 flights on a daily basis to Kabul

International Events- 

•  24 protesters injured in Gaza shooting by Israel 

•  The US reposted that Islamic State can be a threat to Afghan evacuation

•  UK PM Boris Johnson stated that the UK might work with the Taliban

• UNICEF has warned that millions of Lebanese are facing a shortage of water 

• France carries out 570 people evacuations

Job alerts-

• BARC Jobs for Driver, Sub-Officer, and other posts. Last date 15th October 2021

• Sonipat Court Jobs for stenographer and other posts. Last date 6th September 2021

• DMC Pithoragarh Jobs for Home guard and other posts. Last date 6th September 2021

• Indian Navy Jobs for tradesmen, group C, and other posts. Last date 1st October 2021

• Haryana Postal Circle Jobs for PA, LDC, MTS, and other posts. Last date 29th September 2021

Sports-

• Liverpool wins over Burnley, adding 2 wins in the new Premier League 

•  Sri Lankan cricketer Wanindu Hasaranga joins Royal Challengers Bangalore

•  Tim David is set to become the first Singaporean player to play in IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore

•  Odisha vowed to keep supporting the Indian hockey team

• Indian cricketer Krunal Pandya tested covid positive

Awards and honors-

• Arjuna awards to be given to wrestler Sakshi Malik and boxer Mirabai Chanu

Technology-

•  Indian start-ups are targeted for investment by Facebook

•  As per reports, Indian telephone markets to be reached with 173 million units

•  12th Gen Alder Lake CPU introduced by Intel

• Small Business Loans initiative launched by Facebook for small and medium businesses 

• Realme Slim Book launched at Rs. 46,999

Economy – 

•  Petrol stands at Rs. 101.84; Diesel stands at Rs. 89.27

•  Sensex low at 55,408; Nifty down at 16,455

•  5 million dollars stake acquired by Microsoft in OYO

•  As per finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Indian government is on the verge of creating a bill for cryptocurrency circulation

• Tesla extended legal and external workforce in China

Environment –

•  Hurricane Grace in Mexico resulted in 2 deaths

Local –

•  Kolkata Municipal Corporation has confirmed that covid vaccines will be given in clinics

•  Manish Kumar of Delhi shoots business partner Bharat Lal Sahu before surrendering to the police

•  Schools and Colleges in Tamil Nadu to open from 1st September 2021

•  2 hitmen in Punjab were arrested for killing architect Mandeep Singh

• 1.2k cases and 13 covid deaths recorded in Andhra Pradesh

Person in News – 

•  Former UP CM Kalyan Singh died at age 89

GK – 

With which organization, India has signed a USD 500 million loan agreement in order to expand the metro rail network in Bengaluru?

[A] Asian Development Bank
[B] World Bank
[C] European Central Bank
[D] New Development Bank

Who has been elected as the new president of the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) Society?

[A] Dr. Manmohan Singh
[B] Amitabh Kant
[C] Ajay Tyagi
[D] NK Singh

Which organization has launched the e-Shield Next life insurance product?

[A] Life Insurance Corporation
[B] HDFC Life Insurance
[C] SBI Life Insurance
[D] Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

With which organization, Capital Float has partnered to extend its buy now pay later (BNPL) solution?

[A] Bank of Baroda
[B] Razorpay
[C] State Bank of India
[D] Paytm

Recently, with which organization, the Ministry of Tourism has partnered to strengthen the hospitality and tourism industry?

[A] MakeMyTrip
[B] Ibibo
[C] RedBus
[D] Both A & B